Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

methodology, learning through service, problem based learning methodologies, assessment of student learning, as well as com- plex problem solving. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability, and K-12 engineering outreach. Dr. Pierrakos is a 2009 NSF CAREER Awardee. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University Dr. Elise M. Barrella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, focusing on transportation systems and sustainability. Prior to joining the JMU Engineering faculty in 2012, Dr. Barrella was

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

that encompass many common student misconceptions about fun-damental concepts. The questions incorporate visual diagrams and everyday situations toemphasize conceptual understanding over mathematical manipulation.Inspired by all of these factors, as well as a grant from the NSF-funded Foundation Coalition,we set out to develop both CT and DT SSCI exams. We sought to write exams coveringthe core concepts of signals and systems in a manner emphasizing conceptual understand-ing over computational mechanics. This paper reports preliminary results from studies forboth exams. The following section describes the development of the SSCI exams, includinginventories of the core concepts assessed by each exam. Section 3 describes the design ofthe

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Preston McCrary; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball; Wesley Stone

reach (university, communitycolleges, industry, and government), highly leveraged private to public sector funding, anddelivery of problem solving assistance by faculty, staff and students.11In 2003, the procurement of equipment for the CIT was possible through grants and donationsfrom state and federal sources, as well as corporate and private benefactors. Cost to companiesfor the use of facilities and equipment is restricted to recovery of material cost, maintenance, andupkeep of facilities. Equipment resources are as follows: Automated Rapid Prototyping o Stratasys FDM Titan® o Stratasys Eden 333® o ZCorp Z400® Metrology and Reverse Engineering o Zeiss Contura HTG® Coordinate Measuring

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregg W. Dixon; Chris G. Kiemcik; Vincent Wilczynski

participants were accepted to enter theUSCGA, and only 6% of the participants ended up accepting appointments. Despite this lowyield, it has been documented that the program has a significant impact on the students’ view ofthe engineering profession, and. as such, this annual program continues to be offered at theUSCGA.In 1997, the Mechanical Engineering Section and the Electrical Engineering Section of theUSCGA Department of Engineering offered a joint robotics project during the MITE program.Briefly, the students, working in teams of eight, had six hours to design, build, test, and redesign(as necessary) a small, remotely controlled vehicle that was capable of playing a game that can bebest described as a mechanical version of kickball. At the end

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

retention problem. At the time, theCollege did not have a formal mechanism in place to measure retention but it was obvious thatgraduation rates were down and the proportion of underrepresented minority graduates wasshrinking. There was no assessment process in place to identify at what point students droppedout, where they were going, why they were leaving, and what could be done to reverse thetrends. An innovative solution was needed – one that would satisfy the needs of the diversestudent population in a growing, urban, public institution striving to expand its mission toinclude a sizeable research agenda. Any proposed solutions would also have to be integratedwith the ABET EC 2000 criteria, yet be flexible enough to adapt to a changing academic

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

for Engineering EducationExcellence (MIE) program. Participants in the MIE program serve as models for improving thequantity and quality of science, engineering and mathematics (SEM) graduates and doctoraldegree recipients.1 MIE is intended to be a catalyst for developing new approaches to highereducation. The College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) developed aprogram for the teaching and learning of sustainable engineering concepts in each and everyengineering program. The departments impacted are Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical &Industrial Engineering, Materials & Metallurgy Engineering and Computer Science. Theprogram was the result of self-assessment at UTEP and had the support of a National

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Vicki V. May

designed and constructed auniversally-accessible treehouse for a local community park. The class, with an average enrollment of 25, is anelective that is typically taken by juniors and seniors interested in mechanical or structural engineering (Dartmouthdoes not have separate departments). Solid Mechanics (i.e., Statics and Mechanics of Materials) is the only pre-requisite for the course. Upon completing the course, students should be able to:  Design, analyze, and construct a basic structural system,  Create appropriate mathematical models for structural systems,  Approximate the response of structures, and  Compute actions and deformations in structures. 1 Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Assessment Tools and Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Agnieszka Kwapisz, Montana State University ; Kregg Aytes, Montana State University; Scott E. Bryant, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Elizabeth B. Varnes, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

experiences Tampa, Florida, 2019/06/15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/31905.[12] J. Baqersad, Y. Dong, A. Mazzei, A. Sheidaei, and B. Alzahabi, "Implementation of an Innovation and Entrepreneur Mindset Concept into Mechanics of Materials Course," presented at the ASEE Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018/06/23, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/30614.[13] P. Shekhar, A. Huang-Saad, J. Libarkin, R. Cummings, and V. Tafurt, "Assessment of Student Learning in an Entrepreneurship Practicum Course," presented at the ASEE Conference and Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017/06/24, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/27639.[14] S. D. Sheppard et al

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

discipline similar to auto mechanics.11 By shiftingBMET to a 4-year university program, the curriculum becomes perceptibly more valuable andmore closely related to the technology side of the engineering spectrum where higher level skillscan be taught such as problem solving skills, communication skills, customer service, anddealing with people.A second explanation why the 4-year degree is more distinguishable is professional growthopportunities. Opportunities for employment and the quality of employment will most likely beexpanded among the highly educated. The reward for being technologically literate is strongcareer fields that typically provide steady employment, training opportunities, fringe benefits,and promotional opportunities.The associate

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Salim Saherwala; Mohammed Haque

fifteen years of professional experience in analysis,design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governmentsand private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania andMichigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University ofEngineering and Technology, a MSCE and a Ph.D. in Civil/Structural Engineering from New Jersey Institute ofTechnology, Newark, New Jersey. His research interests include fracture mechanics of engineering materials,composite materials and advanced construction materials, computer applications in structural analysis and design,artificial neural network applications

Conference Session

Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #35003Examining Faculty Barriers and Challenges in Adopting Ethical Pedagogiesin Online EnvironmentsMr. Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Sam Snyder is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his Bachelors of Science in Materials Science and Engineering in 2017 from Virginia Tech. His current research interests are in engineering ethics education and exploring the relationship between empathy and ethical decision-making.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Diana Bairaktarova is an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Scott Hassler, Penn State University Berks Campus; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Marietta Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Catherine L. Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Evaluator for EAC and ETAC with ABET.Dr. Marietta Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Marietta Scanlon holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and an SM and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering. She is a Teaching Professor in the Division of Engineering, Business and Computing at Penn State University, Berks Campus and serves as Program Chair of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program.Dr. Catherine L. Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University Catherine Cohan, Ph.D. has been a research psychologist for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include engineering education, retention of underrepresented students, measurement, and assessment. She is currently an Assistant Research Professor

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Implementing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) in a Timber Design CourseAbstractTimber design is a technical elective course for junior and senior civil engineering students atOhio Northern University. To help students apply the concepts learned in this course andprevious courses such as Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis to the real-worldapplications as well as improve their entrepreneurial mindset per Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) learning objectives, a comprehensive half a semester-long projectwas developed. The paper describes the project, where students were required to form ateam/company of four to five members, create

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

is a technique whichutilizes problems in specific courses (modules, courses, programs, or curricula), but typicallyin courses at the undergraduate level to promote active learning. These problems are to causeapplication of the materials presented in the course and are in a team setting to promotediscussion and alternative solutions. The problems, often called projects, are only portion ofthe individual courses and thus only a small portion of the total undergraduate program.Project-based education at Aalborg has major projects throughout the program. TheFreshman year has three projects and one of the primary goals is for the students to learn howto do group project work and work in teams. The projects after the basic year (freshman year)are

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Judith A. Garzolini, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering Geology, are grouped together. Mathematics Geophysics comprises Applied Mathematics (a B.S. Materials Science and Mathematics degree), the Bachelors of Arts in Engineering Mathematics and also the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Physics Mathematics. There has been a positive trend in enrollment for a number of years. 600 500 Biology 400 Chemistry

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Balmer, Union College; Lance Spallholz, Union College

2006-162: 21ST CENTURY THERMODYNAMICSRobert Balmer, Union College Dr. Balmer is Emeritus Dean of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Union College in Schenectady New York. Before coming to Union he was Professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has industrial experience at Westinghouse and DuPont, and is a registered professional engineer. Dr. Balmer has BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a BS degree in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Michigan, and an ScD degree in Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

-Sens (application of FITfiber-optic technology for liquid level measurement) and the DietLight Bulb (diode white lightbulb) have won accolades at regional business idea pitching competitions.Concurrently, Florida Tech’s intensive undergraduate engineering programs (in Electrical andComputer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Ocean Engineering) have resulted in anumber of outstanding Senior Design Projects. Examples include STEMSCOPE (a compactscanning tunneling microscope), Marvin (an autonomous robot with GPS navigation andproximity sensors) and Europa (a flying submarine).During the past two years, the Florida Tech Senior Design programs have become

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Yawen Li, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

designing a new sophomore-level Engineering Entrepreneurship Studio that will also be required for all students as a continuation of the ”Foundations studio”. He has published 33 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceeding articles. At LTU, Meyer offers a number of outreach programs for high school students and advises many projects for undergraduate students.Dr. Yawen Li, Lawrence Technological University Yawen Li is an associate professor in the biomedical engineering program at Lawrence Technological University. Her teaching portfolio include courses such as Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Tissue En- gineering Lab, MEMS, MEMS Lab, and Engineering Materials. Serving as the university assessment committee

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel Perez; Ryan Wicker; Bill Diong

Session 3220 Tele-experimentation: The Emerging Approach to Science and Engineering Lab Education Bill Diong*, Miguel Perez** and Ryan Wicker** *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering **Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Texas at El PasoAbstract A project has been initiated to enable students and researchers to conduct Science andEngineering (S&E) experiments via the Internet as an answer to the dual needs for improveddistance education in those fields as well

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Korman Ph.D., P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Construction

management course was to emphasize the Page 22.1388.2work of specialty contractors who fabricate and install mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP)systems; whose work is characterized, by most construction industry professionals, as beingspecialized and requiring a considerable amount of technical knowledge required for fabrication andinstallation of the systems. Originally, the course curriculum was developed on the basis ofintegrating the course content from a mechanical systems course and an electrical systems course,which existed in the prior curriculum. As noted above, the integrated curriculum model describedby Hauck and Jackson5 has

Conference Session

International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Borrelli, McMaster University; Susan Masten, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2008-2918: EMPOWERING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THEEDUCATIONAL PROCESSDaniel Borrelli, McMaster University Daniel is a fourth year student in the Mechanical Engineering & Management Program at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. He is also the McMaster Engineering Society Public Relations Chair, a former Vice-President (Education), and has worked with students from engineering societies across Canada. He has served on numerous committees in the Faculty of Engineering and the University, including the ENG1 Operating Committee and Undergraduate Council. Daniel has also been a Teaching Assistant in the Eng1 Program for the last 3 years.Susan Masten, McMaster University Susan Masten

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Ingalsbe; Jess Godbey

. Each student completed a minimumof 100 industry-supervised hours on his or her project.While capstone projects are commonly used for the purpose of evaluating the studentskill set, the capstone experience may also be utilized as a feedback mechanism forfaculty to determine competency gaps in the industrial technology curriculum. Through astructured series of communications between the academic and industrial projectpartners, it is possible to amend classroom instruction in response to rapid changes indemand for particular skills in the local manufacturing sector.Our study highlights the analysis tools necessary for such a feedback mechanism, aranking of identified competency gaps, and curriculum changes that have been made overthe course of

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University; Nova Alexandria Glinski Schauss, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #11270Improving Student Success and Retention Rates in Engineering: An Innova-tive Approach for First-Year CoursesDr. Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Steffen Peuker holds the James L. Bartlett, Jr. Assistant Professor position in the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the California State University in San Luis Obispo. He is teaching courses, includ- ing laboratories, in the HVAC&R concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through implementation of a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Hannah Stewart-Gambino, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

see themselves inthe Grand Challenges opportunities perhaps in part because they do not believe that theyhave the technical skills – but also because other opportunities are emphasized within theirown majors and minors. They did not as readily envision themselves – for example –spending eight weeks in Haiti to design and implement a water filtration system, no matterhow much our publicity materials and information sessions emphasized the criticalcontributions of the non-engineering members (International Affairs/French, and Economicsmajors) of that 2013 GCSP team from our College. We also lacked a mechanism to developthe humility of engineering majors so that they might pause before rushing toward technical“solutions.” With our seminar, we

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

. What are the power requirements for your project? What is the estimated cost of the renovation? List any assumptions or anticipated problems.Heat Transfer: After renovating your garage you realized that you did not address heating and cooling. Provide dimensions and the materials used in the construction of your garage. Based on typical St. Louis weather patterns, what would you recommend for heating and cooling the garage?The design component of the curriculum is a competitive design project that might be anychallenge from bridges to mechanical car races. Students will brainstorm and discuss the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Gharib, Texas A&M University; Joshua A Jalomo, Texas A&M University; Gabriel Tijerina, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

capabilities. The electrical components are also placed freelyon top of the robot. This project demonstrates that there is a desire to program robots and createsan opportunity to do that satisfyingly, but it can only be used for line following purposes.In the work of [9], the authors examined three courses in the mechanical engineering degree planand made one unified set of materials that can be used by the students for all three courses. Theyalso created an online repository with helpful material and examples. A survey was taken for thestudents who had to buy a new kit for each class and the ones who just bought one kit and used itfor all three classes, and the results show that the students who used the same kit for each class feltmore confident in

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wils L. Cooley

classroom lectures of the campus-based course. Tapes were sentto the remote location several times a week, along with a complete set of class notesgenerated by a student in the class. The home-based instructor provided homeworkassignments and exams and quizzes by mail as well. A mechanical engineering instructorat the remote site coordinated the receipt and use of materials and administered thequizzes and exams. The laboratory was carried out by mailing the written exerciseassignments to the remote instructor who made a laboratory room available to thestudents and assisted them as best she could in doing the exercises and design problems.Twice the home-based laboratory instructor (who was also the lecturer) traveled to theremote site for an

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Leon L Van Dommelen; Yousef Haik; Namas Chandra

) must commit themselves firmly to definite Page 5.296.1class and exam times, due dates for homework and exams, and so on. We believe suchcommitment is important for everybody. In a sense, we do not try to improve upon a classroomexperience that has established itself over many millennia: we simply try to achieve it. Yet thereare benefits that do extend to the local students, as discussed later.During Fall 1999, we have started offering the two required Fall core classes of the M.S.M.E.program, Analysis in Mechanical Engineering and Continuum Mechanics, live over the web1.The remaining three required core classes will follow this spring. The

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Christopher Michael Sales, Drexel University; Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #21954Empowering Underrepresented Groups to Excel in STEM Through ResearchSprintsMr. Daniel Christe, Drexel University Daniel Christe has research interests at the nexus of mechanical engineering, materials science, and man- ufacturing centering on predictive design for functional fabrics that ”see, communicate, sense, and adapt”. Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an undergraduate degree in Materials Science, both from Drexel University. Daniel splits his time between Drexel University and Elsevier, where he is a STEM Learning Strategist responsible for designing integrative

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University; William E. Genereux, Kansas State University; Katie Rieger, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; organization, language, delivery, supporting material andcentral message. For each of these assessment areas, the minimum score of 1 represents thebenchmark, scores of 2-3 are milestones with a maximum score of 4 for the capstone, indicatingskill.One difference between the ComET project and the CmET project was the amount of in classinstruction on video editing techniques. The ComET project allotted course laboratory time todiscuss the video portion of the project like lighting, sound, and camera angles. Anotherdifference is the ComET project did not have a paper component (Genereux 2014). However, theCmET course did not allot any time to videography or editing techniques. Classroom discussionwas limited to uploading requirements for YouTube as